function slideSwitch() {
    var $active = $('.header IMG.active');

    if ( $active.length == 0 ) $active = $('.header IMG:last');

    // use this to pull the images in the order they appear in the markup
    var $next =  $active.next().length ? $active.next()
        : $('.header IMG:first');

    // uncomment the 3 lines below to pull the images in random order
    
    // var $sibs  = $active.siblings();
    // var rndNum = Math.floor(Math.random() * $sibs.length );
    // var $next  = $( $sibs[ rndNum ] );


    $active.addClass('last-active');

    $next.css({opacity: 0.0})
        .addClass('active')
        .animate({opacity: 1.0}, 1000, function() {
            $active.removeClass('active last-active');
        });
}

$(function() {
    setInterval( "slideSwitch()", 3000 );
});

$(function()
{
	$('.scroller').jScrollPane({showArrows:true, scrollbarWidth: 17});
	$('.gscroller').jScrollPane({showArrows:true, scrollbarWidth: 17});	
});

function playSound(soundfile) {
	document.getElementById("dummy").innerHTML="<embed src=\""+soundfile+"\" hidden=\"true\" autostart=\"true\" loop=\"false\" />";
}